Do you know the book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats? If not, and you have young children you should get to know it. (It's a Caldecott winner, by the way) It's a perfect book to save to give to your kids on the first day it snows. In fact, once snow season is over again, I think I will put it away for the summer and pull it back out in the winter again. It will be like getting a new book all over again!
This video of Stefan right after our big snow storm a couple of weeks ago reminds us of these lines in the book.
"He pretended he was a mountain-climber.
He climbed up a great big tall heaping mountain of snow--
and slid all the way down."
(special thanks to Auntie Donna for thinking ahead and buying the book for Stefan in anticipation of our many snowy days. He loved getting a new book--especially one he could relate to so well!)
He climbed up a great big tall heaping mountain of snow--
and slid all the way down."
(special thanks to Auntie Donna for thinking ahead and buying the book for Stefan in anticipation of our many snowy days. He loved getting a new book--especially one he could relate to so well!)
3 comments:
The brave snow mountain climber! As much snow as you have, I would think you would want a book about sunshine :-)
Priceless! Love it!
What a great way to get the most profit out of your surroundings! Life is always more fun when you dig in on multiple levels. Stefan seems to be enjoying the fine classical education his mother is giving him. :) Maybe we can schedule a Skype call some time next week during our school break so we can hear about all he and his precious little sister have been learning.
Oh, and enjoy that snow! You never know where you'll be in the next phase of life and whether the "first snow of the season" might be the only snow of the season. =)
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